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Lex Fridman Podcast

#314 – Liv Boeree: Poker, Game Theory, AI, Simulation, Aliens & Existential Risk

Lex Fridman Podcast

Lex Fridman

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2022

⏱️ 221 minutes

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Summary

Liv Boeree is a poker champion and science educator on topics of game theory, physics, complexity, and life. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Audible: https://audible.com/lex to get 30-day free trial – GiveWell: https://www.givewell.org and use code Lex Fridman Podcast – Linode: https://linode.com/lex to get $100 free credit – Indeed: https://indeed.com/lex to get $75 credit – ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod to get 3 months free EPISODE LINKS: Liv’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/liv_boeree Liv’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/liv_boeree Liv’s Facebook: https://facebook.com/livboeree Liv’s YouTube: https://youtube.com/user/LivBoeree Books and resources mentioned: Novacene: https://amzn.to/3wcVqEo POSITIVITY: https://amzn.to/3K2pfxj Meditations on Moloch: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts:

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0:00.0

The following is a conversation with Liv Burry, formerly one of the best poker players

0:05.0

in the world trained as a natural physicist and is now a philanthropist and an educator

0:11.7

on topics of game theory, physics, complexity, and life.

0:16.7

And now onto the full ad reads.

0:18.6

As always, no ads in the middle.

0:19.8

I tried to make this interesting, but if you skipped them, please still check out our

0:23.4

sponsors I enjoy this stuff.

0:25.6

Maybe you will too.

0:27.7

I just forgot audible.

0:29.7

It's an audiobook service that gives me thousands of hours.

0:33.3

I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that of educational material.

0:36.9

I've been running every single day almost with no exception, at least eight miles.

0:42.5

That's often anywhere from one to two and a half hours depending on the distance I'm

0:47.1

doing.

0:48.6

And my trusted companion through that is either brown noise, which I just listened to YouTube

0:54.5

videos or brown noise.

0:56.2

If I'm not listening to brown noise when I'm running and focusing on my thoughts, I am

1:00.2

listening to audiobooks.

1:02.1

And that's usually the source of fun, the source of intense thinking for me, exploration,

1:08.1

it's a journey into another world, into another time.

1:12.2

And an audiobook reading of a book can really take you to that place.

1:17.8

It can really transport you there.

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